Butter mold



y 1936. A. T. JORGENSEN- 2,040,003

BUTTER MOLD Filed April 20, 1955 2 Sheets-Sheet l Inventor Attorney May 5, 1936. A. T. JORGENSEN BUTTER MOLD 2 Shets-Sheet 2 Filed April 20, 1955 I n'uentor Attomy By Ira! Patented May 5, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

This invention relates to an improved sheet metal butter mold which is especially constructed to expedite removal of the block of butter therefrom in a manner to function as a labor-saving device and to facilitate handling and severing of the butter into prints for packaging purposes.

Briefly, the conception involves the use of a simple box-like receptacle or container open at its top and open on one side and provided on said open side with a slidable wall which may be lifted and detached to facilitate ejection or removal of the contents from the mold in a handy and reliable manner.

The specific novelty has to do with the particular construction of the open side and complemental wall of said receptacle, these features being especially fashioned to make for rigidity when the wall is closed in a manner to distribute stress and strain and to promote efiiciency and expediency in use.

The explicit configuration and allocation of features will become more readily apparent from the following description and drawings.

In the accompanying pictorial drawings, wherein like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the views:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the complete mold with the closure or removable wall in closing position.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view showing the flanged end portions of said removable wall or slide.

Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectional view through the structure illustrated in Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring now to the drawings by distinguishing reference numerals, it will be observed that the receptacle or container is in the nature of a sheet metal box and is indicated as a unit by the numeral 5. Being of general cubical or rectangular form, it includes a flat bottom 6 having upturned marginal edges I providing a rim in which the body portion sets and is fastened. The body portion comprises three walls, that is, a back wall 8 and a pair of side walls 9, said side walls being provided on their exteriors with appropriate handles I0. For sake of distinction, the front portion of the so-called rim 1 is bent as indicated at II in Fig. 1 to serve as a sort of keeper channel for the lower edge portion of the removable front wall or slide I2. This slide serves as a closure for the open front of the box. It will be noticed however that the front ends of the two side walls 9 are bent out to provide vertical track flanges I3 and it is on these elements that the complemental portions of the front wall slide up and down. The front wall is of double ply construction, that is, it is made up of two sheets of metal, the inner one of which is denoted at I 4 and the outer one at IS. The upper edge of the inner one bends over the corresponding edge of the outer one as shown at I6 to form a reinforcing and connecting bead. Just below this bead, I provide apertures which cooperate in forming a tool or implement hold I 'I to facilitate raising and lowering of the closureforming front I2. The vertical ends of the two plates I4 and I5 are of duplicate construction and as shown in Fig. 2, it will be observed that the inner one has laterally bent flanges I8 which are disposed in spaced parallelism and these ride in slidable contact with the inner faces of the walls 9. The ends of the outer plate I6 are bent to provide vertical retention channels I9 which serve as guides or trackways for the so-calledtrack flanges I3. Thus the flanges I3 cooperate with the flanges I8 and trackways or channels I9 in providing a unique dependable slidable connection between the side wall I2 and the complemental portions of the body part of the box.

The broad novelty is, of course, predicated upon the provision of an all-metal open-top boxlike container which serves as a convenient butter mold, the same being open at its front, or on any one of the sides, to accommodate a removable wall which is in fact a slidable cover. Unique coacting means exists between the relatively stationary parts of the body and the slidable wall forming an effective seal and resisting stress and strain to provide a. well balanced arrangement. Specifically, novelty is predicated upon the ledgeforming or keeper channel I I at the front which is disposed horizontally in conjunction with the outstanding vertical flanges I3 which serve as runners or tracks. Additional novelty has to do with the cooperation of the flanges I8 and I9 with these parts II and I3. Obviously, all of the parts have been carefully selected, proportioned and shaped for proper coordination and to provide requisite features of strength and durability, dependability, economy and efficiency in use.

It is thought that persons skilled in the art to which the invention relates will be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention after considering the description in connection with the drawings. Therefore, a more lengthy description is regarded as unnecessary.

Minor changes in shape, size and rearrangement of details coming within the field of invention claimed may be resorted to in actual practice, if desired.

What is claimed is:

1. A butter mold comprising a box-like container including a bottom, a pair of side walls, a connecting back wall, the bottom being formed at its front with an upstanding flange constituting a keeper channel, the vertical ends of the side walls adjacent to said keeper channel having outstanding flanges constituting vertical guide tracks, a removable front wall cooperable when closed with said keeper channel and having means slidably engaging said tracks, said means including a pair of channel-shaped members telescopically receiving said tracks, and further including a pair of stabilizing and reinforcing flanges extending inwardly into the container and. in slidable contact with the inner surfaces of the side walls thereof. v

2. As a component part of a butter mold of the class described, a slidable closure comprising a plate including a pair of spaced parallel'vertically extending stabilizing flanges, and a pair of duplicate channel-shaped members disposed outwardly of said flanges and at right angles thereto to function as track adaptation channels.

ARNOLD T. JORGENSENI 

